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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795



    I was about to say, the first clue should be black and white
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26536

      Originally posted by Flay View Post


      I was about to say, the first clue should be black and white

      Ah...

      As regards the second part, there is such a thing as a 16 string acoustic guitar - that would have 16 tuning pegs... Relevant or not?
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Flay
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 5795

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post

        Ah...

        As regards the second part, there is such a thing as a 16 string acoustic guitar - that would have 16 tuning pegs... Relevant or not?
        You are getting warm. Perhaps not just one instrument???
        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Ebony?

          ... and Ivory (Macca's song inspired by Spike)
          Ebony Pegs for violins (sixteen for a string quartet)
          ... don't get the re-Generation thing. French?
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26536

            Originally posted by Flay View Post
            You are getting warm. Perhaps not just one instrument???
            Something to do with string quartets? I'm struggling to grasp the Spike - re-Generation angle at all..
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26536

              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
              Ebony?

              ... and Ivory (Macca's song inspired by Spike)
              Ebony Pegs for violins (sixteen for a string quartet)
              ... don't get the re-Generation thing. French?

              Ohh I thought of ebony when I was thinking about tuning pegs...

              The third element is the Quatuor EBÈNE then...(but why re-Generation...??
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                Ohh I thought of ebony when I was thinking about tuning pegs...

                The third element is the Quatuor EBÈNE then...(but why re-Generation...??
                The Ebène (French for ebony) Quartet are/were R3 New Generation artists.

                The title for Ebony & Ivory was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!"

                Well done to all! Calibs was getting there but was swiftly overtaken by ferney at the last Furlong.
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26536

                  AH! good question. One of those impenetrable-seeming ones that seems sooo easy when you know the answers

                  Yes - come on, Fernet Branca, get F-ing moving!
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26536

                    No sign of fhg.... I could try an F as I had a small hand in E. Won't be for an hour or so though...
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • Norfolk Born

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      [/B]I could try an F[/B] as I had a small hand in E. Won't be for an hour or so though...
                      I believe George III expresses a similar intention early on in Alan Bennett's play.

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        No sign of fhg.... I could try an F as I had a small hand in E. Won't be for an hour or so though...
                        Sorry: had to shut down unexpectedly last night before I heard the "result" - please give us your F, Cali: I'll "owe" a later letter, should the knees arrive.
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26536

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          I'll "owe" a later letter, should the knees arrive.
                          That's about the thighs of it!

                          Norfy, what was the Alan Bennett / Madness of King George reference please? Haven't seen it for years!

                          Only just back before the webograph, will have to think of an F. Talk amongst yourselves!
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Norfolk Born

                            King to Mrs King:
                            'Saving your presence, I'll try a f*rt'

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                            • rubbernecker

                              Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                              King to Mrs King:
                              'Saving your presence, I'll try a f*rt'
                              And the stage version of course contains a lot more references to bodily functions than the 'sanitised' film.

                              Hurry up, Caliban, I feel the twiddles coming on...

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26536

                                Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                                King to Mrs King:
                                'Saving your presence, I'll try a f*rt'
                                I thank you!

                                Got to be a quick F, the day's conspiring against me...

                                Please find a French, a Finnish and a magical Spanish F: the last two stand alone, no. 1 is the last of four.

                                PS: Don't do that, Rubber-Necker - get on with your homework.
                                "...the isle is full of noises,
                                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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